For the second time in nine days, the league decided to adjust Pittsburgh's schedule, revealing Wednesday that the club's Dec. 2 home game against the Los Angeles Chargers (7-2), who actually have a better record than the Steelers (6-2-1), has been flexed from the originally planned 1 p.m. ET kickoff to the prime-time Sunday Night Football slot. Week 13's original "SNF" matchup, 49ers at Seahawks, will now begin at 4:25 p.m. ET in Seattle.

However, Pittsburgh also was supposed to be on the NBC showcase the following Sunday — the Steelers play at Oakland in Week 14 — but that game will now begin at 4:25 p.m. ET. The Los Angeles Rams' visit to the Chicago Bears — two teams currently atop their respective divisions — shifts to the Sunday night slot on Dec. 9.

The Chargers-Steelers contest looms as a possible playoff preview. With the Bell situation now settled, Pittsburgh — winners of five in a row — moves forward with a squad that will likely take it into January. However the Bolts, who are currently riding a six-game win streak themselves, are in line to get a key player back after Pro Bowl pass rusher Joey Bosa returned to practice Wednesday.

Ironically, when these clubs last met in 2015, Bell scored the winning touchdown on the final play in San Diego, the Chargers' longtime home city. Michael Vick was the Steelers' starting quarterback that night.

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